The couple had their first child, Yves Joseph, in September 2015 – named in tribute to Sylvian’s brother and Samia’s late father.

She is already mum to daughter Freya from her first marriage to property developer Matthew Smith.

Samia has been fitting in her language lessons around her gruelling filming schedule as hairdresser Maria, who is set to return to the cobbles next week with an electronic tag on her ankle after serving just two months of her one-year prison term for good behaviour.

Maria was jailed last year after arranging a sham marriage to her Argentinian friend Pablo.